We´ve always suspected that behind his impenetrable red beard, the rolled up cigarette hanging from his mouth and the easy-going smile of Rødhåd, there was more than a stunningly efficient techno DJ. His new album‘ Anxious’, which he comes to promote among us little over a month after his release, confirms the suspicions. Somewhat unexpectedly, it steps away from the dancefloor and gambles on more experimental ideas. Less surprisingly, it amply demonstrates his inclination and skill for the creation of an atmospheric and immersive experience for his listeners, which was somehow always underlying in his sets and which became more apparent in works like ‘Kinder Der Ringwelt’ and ‘Söhne der Erde’. This debut album is, after all, the perfect soundtrack to the dystopian world at which Rødhåd has always alluded in his work, but whose vision was still not fully realized. Of course that what´s to be expected of his return to Lux is another lesson in the engrossing and kinetic style of techno which made him one of our audience´s favorites. But we are fascinated by the anticipation of comprehending how stratospheric his sound has become.
- Nuno Mendonça